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Our thoughts and suggestions about CoachingWhy advice for startup founders is always unhelpful
When someone is starting out, knowing nothing, how could advice ever be anything but a good thing? When people ask me what the point of coaching is, I inevitably come back to this question. Coaching differs from mentoring in that a coach hasn't done the job of their...
Are Goals Important?
When I was first being taught to coach, on the BBC's highly respected Coach Foundation Course, there was a long running debate between the tutors as to what the most important part of coaching was: Questions or Goals. Other answers are, of course, available. I'll...
Can You Do It On Your Own?
In a world that holds up entrepreneurs and startups as role models for how companies can flourish, the role of the ‘team effort’ seems out of favour. Even in the rise of the mega-internet companies, we tend to act as if the Mark Zuckerbergs of this world create all...
Is New Year a Time for New Goals?
As coaches, we think Goals are very important. In fact, many in the coaching community think that getting goals right is the single most important part of a coaching session, and therefore to delivering success. Often the arrival of a new year is a great time to...
Don’t Save Coaching for a Rainy Day
Some people consider coaching as not really part of work. Like training, networking or filling in your expenses they avoid doing it when there's ‘proper work’ to do. It's such an ingrained feeling that this has often permeated the culture of large organisations. Even...
Tips for Optimising your Desk
Tips for optimising your desk ...or your working area wherever that is! For many of us, working with a laptop at whichever hot-desk we can snatch, or wherever we can put it down, even if that's a coffee shop, the notion of having your own desk which you can lay out...
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